By Frank Santarpia and Ilya Galak In 1875, James G. Blaine, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment, which passed the House but failed to pass the Senate by four votes, would prohibit the use of state funds for “sectarian” schools. It was theorized…

Yakov Weiss The Blaine Amendment was an amendment named after Rep. James Blaine who wished to enshrine a law in the US Constitution that would ban all government funding to parochial schools. This law was passed from an anti-Catholic standpoint by many states, New York being one of them. This law was and remains unjust…

For too long, we have seen many public schools fail. At the same time, we’ve seen private and parochial schools succeed, but unable to accept many of the children whose parents cannot afford the tuition. That’s why I sponsored the repeal of the Blaine Amendment, which will pave the way for school vouchers. The government…